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Office Hours: Professor Jesse Wayne Torgerson on Mystery & History, the Palestine Seminar, and Academic Conservatism

After teaching in the College of Letters (COL) for nearly a decade, Jesse Wayne Torgerson is now the Director of ...

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LGBTQ at Wesleyan: Talia Rodriguez ’24 on Fornés, Thesis Writing, and the Relationships Formed Through Cooking and Queerness

When Talia Rodriguez ’24 recalls her childhood, two things come to mind: sports and food. Growing up in Garrett Park, Maryland, ...

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A Food Editor’s Take on the Costa Rican “Casado”

During my 10-day vacation in Costa Rica, I probably consumed 10 pounds of rice, 10 pounds of beans, and 50 ...

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From Vision to TrueLife: Judeley Jean-Charles ’24 Collaborates With Campus Artists on New Record Label

The senior woodframe houses of Wesleyan University are renowned for their manifold capabilities. Arranged and rearranged to accommodate potlucks, cocktail ...

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WesChess: Immortal Liren

In the 2017 Chinese Chess League, a tournament between top clubs in China, future world champion Ding Liren with the ...

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From the Argives: Satire, Comedy, and Everything in Between on The Ampersand 

What even is an ampersand? Throughout The Argus’s history, the term has embodied a plethora of expressions, thoughts, and meanings, ...

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Stringing Along: Beethoven’s Brothel Strikes a Chord

For anyone who’s been playing the fan-favorite New York Times game Connections, The Argus has a special challenge: What is ...

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WesCeleb: Neo Fleurimond ’24, Judeley Jean-Charles ’24, and Jazmin Davis ’24 on the Making of Black Raspberry

Black Raspberry, an all-Black art collective, was started by Neo Fleurimond ’24 two years ago. Since then, it has transformed ...

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Office Hours: Roman Utkin Discusses Teaching at Wesleyan, Coming to the United States, and Russian Politics

You may have heard students rave about a course called “Queer Russia” (RUSS235). Taught by Assistant Professor of German Studies Roman ...

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Trend Testing: Chopped Bagel

As a talented doom-scroller and longtime foodie, I spend a fair amount of time watching food content on social media. ...